WEBVTT WE HAVE NEW DETAILS ABOUT HOWMUCH DAMAGE WAS DONE.FELIX IS THERE WITH THE LOT --WITH THE LIVE TOP STORY.FELIX: WE ARE THE CLOSEST THATWE'VE EVER BEEN TO KNOWING WHATSTARTED THE DICK BRUHN FIRE,IT WAS ELECTRICAL, ACCORDING TOTHE BUILDING OWNER, >> I THOUGHT THE DEVASTATIONWOULD BE GREATER THAN --GREATER, IN FACT IT IS.FELIX: GERRY KEHOE THE OWNER OFTHE DICK BRUHN BUILDING OPENINGUP ABOUT THE FIRE THAT GUTTEDHIS DOWNTOWN LANDMARK, ANDGIVING US OUR FIRST INSIGHT INTOTHE POSSIBLE CAUSE OF THAT FIVEALARM BLAZE.>> THE FINAL FROM THE FIREINVESTIGATORS IS NOT YET OUTTHAT THE PREPONDERANCE OF THEEVIDENCE SAYS THAT IT WAS ANELECTRICAL FIRE.FELIX: FIRE INVESTIGATORS HAVENOT RELEASED AN OFFICIAL CAUSEOF THE FIRE WHICH CAUSE MORETHAN $2 MILLION IN DAMAGEACCORDING TO KEHOE, AND DESPITEINVESTIGATORS RULING OUT ARSON,KEHOE FELT HE HAD TO CLEAR TAIR, CONSIDERING ALL OF THESPECULATION SWIRLING AROUNDTOWN.>>'S SUMMIT HE IS TRYING TOSPECULATE THAT WE WOULD SET AFIRE TO CAUSE OURSELVES TO PLUSMILLION DOLLARS OF DAMAGE THATWE OURSELVES HAVE TO ABSORB AS AFAMILY, EVEN IN A RIDICULOUSWORLD, THAT IS MORE RIDICULOUS.FELIX: THAT SPECULATION WASFUELED WHEN AT LEAST ONE PERSONWAS SEEN LEAVING THE BUILDINGMOMENTS BEFORE IT WAS ENGULFEDIN LANES.-- IN FLAMES.A SECURITY CAMERA CAUGHT HIM ONVIDEO.>> HE WAS AUTHORIZED TO GO INTHERE.HE HAD A KEY TO GO IN THERE ANDMY UNDERSTANDING IS IT WAS HECALLED 911 WHEN HE SPOTTED THEFIRE.THIS PERSON REMAINS AN EMPLOYEEOF OUR COMPANY, OUR FAMILY AND, HE IS THE MOST TRUSTEDINDIVIDUAL OF ALL THE EMPLOYEESTHAT WE HAD.FELIX: THE DEVELOPER BOUGHT THEBRUHN BUILDING IN 2009 AND WASIN THE PROCESS OF CONVERTING IINTO A HOTEL, WHICH ALSOINCLUDED LUXURY TOWNHOMES, BUT ASTOP WORK NOTICE HAD BEEN POSTEDFOR NEARLY A YEAR, AFTER WORKERSDID CONSTRUCTION WITHOUTPERMITS, AND JUST RECENTLY THEDISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICEOPENED AN INVESTIGATIONSURROUNDING ALLEGATIONS ASBESTOSWAS IMPROPERLY REMOVED ANDDISPOSED OF.>> AND I THINK IT WILL BE PROVENVERY QUICKLY WHEN OUR LEGALREPRESENTATIVES SIT DOWN WITHTHEM THAT THERE'S NO ASBESTOSISSUE.OF ANY SIGNIFICANCE.FELIX: AS FOR THE FUTURE OF THEBUILDING KEHOE SAYS IT WOULD BEEASIER AND CHEAPER TO TEAR DOWNTHE LANDMARK AND START FROSCRATCH, BUT HE WANTS TO SAVEIT, EVEN IF IT WILL COST ANEXTRA $1.5 MILLION HE SAYS.>> WE WOULD LIKE, PROVIDED THECITY WORKS WITH IN COOPERATIONWITH US TO SAVE THIS HISTORICBUILDING FOR THE COMMUNITY, ANDFOR THE CITY, AND THE GOOD OFDOWNTOWN.FELIX: JUST MOMENTS AGO WELEARNED THAT HE WILL GIVE THEKEYS TO HIS BURNED OUT BUILDING,MONDAY.WE ALSO LEARNED HE HAS UNTIL MAY2 TO FILE A BUILDING PLAN WITHTHE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY.